Character Quote by Jacques Lacan

Moral principle is the foundation of law.

— Anonymous

The law functions as formal embodiment of a moral code, not as free-standing substitute for it.

— Mark Steyn

My thesis is that morality exists outside the human mind in the sense of being not just a trait of individual humans, but a…

— Michael Shermer

Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

— William Blackstone

Ordinary human laws are the means - however imperfect - by which we express our understanding of the enduring moral law.

— Russell Kirk

Real morality is based on a single criterion: right action, appropriate action, in the present moment and present situation.

— Brad Warner

Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept

— Robert Bork

“Once it's no longer accepted that something is wrong, all the laws in the world will avail you naught. The law functions as a…

— Mark Steyn

Real morality is possible when the sanctions for morality are also tangible and real.

— Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

“Moral law is an invention of mankind for the disenfranchisement of the powerful in favor of the weak.”

— Cormac McCarthy

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

— George Edward Moore

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.

— Emile Durkheim